敷衍

Chinese

		announce; apply	to spread out; to develop; to overflow to spread out; to develop; to overflow; to amplify
trad. (敷衍)		敷	衍
simp. #(敷衍)		敷	衍
alternative forms		敷演

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fūyǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨ ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu¹ hin²

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hu-ián

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fūyǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨ ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fuyǎn
    • Wade–Giles: fu¹-yen³
    • Yale: fū-yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuyean
    • Palladius: фуянь (fujanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu¹ hin²
    • Yale: fū hín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu¹ hin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu¹ hin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː⁵⁵ hiːn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu-ián
    • Tâi-lô: hu-ián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hu'iern
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hu⁴⁴⁻²² iɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hu³³ iɛn⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hu⁴⁴⁻²² iɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hu⁴⁴⁻³³ iɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hu⁴⁴⁻³³ iɛn⁴¹/

Verb

敷衍

1. to do a perfunctory job; to go through the motions
2. to have enough to barely get by; to just manage on one's own
3. to treat something lightly
4. to elaborate on a theme
5. to expound (the meaning of the classics)
6. (archaic) to spread; to disseminate
7. (archaic) to perform

Synonyms

• (to do a perfunctory job):

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• 塞責 / 塞责 (sèzé)
• 應付 / 应付
• 挩 / 捝 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 搪塞 (tángsè)
• 走過場 / 走过场 (zǒuguòchǎng)

Derived terms

• 敷衍了事 (fūyǎnliǎoshì)
• 敷衍塞責 / 敷衍塞责 (fūyǎnsèzé)
• 敷衍搪塞 (fūyǎntángsè)
• 敷衍故事